Hopper Plus?

[n0qcu]

would Dish "sell" me the 2nd H3, or would I have to purchase it elsewhere?

They possible would but it most likely would be cheaper to buy elsewhere

 

[Peter Parker]

Why do you need two Hopper 3s instead of one plus a Joey

 

[Bobby]

Why do you need two Hopper 3s instead of one plus a Joey

He already answered that in post number 12. If it were me I would just add 2 Joeys along with one Hopper and be done with it.

 

[navychop]

Agreed. Plan 12 may not be best solution.

 

[n0qcu]

Really though he would just have to put the H3 where the component is needed and a joey where his second HWS is located.

 

[navychop]

Yep. And if he wants 3, look at the back of the Joey.

 

[Foxbat]

No, would need 2 he's as I use the component out of 1 to feed another TV via cat5

So, you're willing to pay $270 for a second Hopper 3 plus the additional switch hardware plus the $15/mo. for the second Hopper 3 fee, just so you can have an analog "HD" signal instead of going with a Joey for a true HDMI output and replace the old Component-input TV with a modern HDTV set for the same $270?

 

[Peter Parker]

He already answered that in post number 12. If it were me I would just add 2 Joeys along with one Hopper and be done with it.

I guess I overlooked that somehow. No one needs 32 tuners. But another Joey does seem like a better idea

 

[bnewt]

So, you're willing to pay $270 for a second Hopper 3 plus the additional switch hardware plus the $15/mo. for the second Hopper 3 fee, just so you can have an analog "HD" signal instead of going with a Joey for a true HDMI output and replace the old Component-input TV with a modern HDTV set for the same $270?

Appreciate all the concern about my dish expense but my setup using the component via cat5 is for a bathroom tv, which is hd. Don't want to run another cable for joey, and already have 2 wireless Joey's. This is basically my only spending waste. If I was younger, might tackle running new cable, but not at 68.

 

[Foxbat]

Okay, thanks for the clarification. You basically have a "sunk cost" and I respect that.

One thing I have been playing with on my bedroom TV is using DishAnywhere on a media player to connect to my Hopper instead of my 4K Joey. It works nicely, and uses streaming instead of playing through the Hopper itself. It can play programs from the DVR, but seems to prefer video on-demand over feeding from the Hopper's disk. I guess it depends on the program recorded. But that's another possibility.